BioShock: The Collection releases next week, and 2K Games has released the system specs that players need to enjoy the new HD remastering of the return to Rapture. The have also announced how people who already own any of the included games can upgrade for free (luckily, for most of us, it is painless).
BioShock: The Collection contains BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock: Infinite. It also contains any standalone extra content, such as Minerva’s Den and Burial at Sea. The PC version will not have an HD remaster of BioShock: Infinite, as “it already meets current-gen console standards and runs smoothly on high visual settings.” However, everything else will have a fancy HD facelift, and everything will run at 1080p and 60 fps.
If you already own either of the first two BioShock games, they can be upgraded for free in a few steps. For those who purchased these games on Steam, your copies will be automatically upgraded once BioShock: The Collection releases. No worries there. Those who purchased the original BioShock in some other way will need to provide a Steam ID and proof of purchase (such as the original receipt) in a 2K support ticket. Those who purchased BioShock 2 but did not do so through Steam will simply have to enter their Games for Windows Live key on Steam to add the upgrade.
As for the PC system requirements, here they are, via PC Gamer:
Minimum Requirements:
- OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Processor: Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ
- Memory: 4 GB
- Hard Drive: BioShock 25GB; BioShock 2 25GB; BioShock Infinite 20GB; Total for all three games 70GB
- Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 7770 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device
- Other Requirements: Software installations required including DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and 2012 Redistributable Package
Recommended Requirements:
- OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Processor: 3GHz Quad-Core Memory: 8 GB
- Hard Drive: BioShock 25GB; BioShock 2 25GB; BioShock Infinite 30GB; Total for all three games 80GB
- Video Card: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device
BioShock: The Collection releases on September 13, 2016. It is available for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Excited to head back to Rapture? Or take to the skies of Columbia? Any scenes you can’t wait to relive in HD glory? Let us know!
